La Vendée
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Anthony Trollope
<p><b>Anthony Trollope</b> nació en Londres en 1815, hijo de un abogado en bancarrota y de Frances Trollope, que, tras fracasar montando un bazar en Cincinatti, escribió <i>Usos y costumbres de los americanos</i> (ALBA CLÁSICA núm. XLVIII), con la que inició una carrera literaria que le reportó fama y prosperidad económica. Anthony se educó en Harrow, Sunbury y Winchester, donde se sintió a disgusto entre los miembros de la aristocracia, y nunca llegó a la Universidad. En 1824 empezó a trabajar en el servicio de correos, donde permanecería hasta 1867. Tras siete años en Londres fue trasladado a Irlanda, y de ahí a nuevos destinos por el Reino Unido, Egipto y las Indias Occidentales.</p> <p>En 1847 publicó su primera novela, <i>The Macdermots of Ballycloran</i>, y en 1855 <i>El custodio</i>, la primera del ciclo ambientado en la mítica ciudad de Barchester (trasunto de Winchester) y en las intrigas políticas de su clero. Este ciclo lo consolidó como autor realista y le dio una gran popularidad. En 1864 inició con <i>Can You Forgive Her?</i> otro ciclo, el de las novelas de Palliser, en el que retrataría los entresijos de la vida política y matrimonial de los parlamentarios londinenses. En 1868 él mismo se presentó como candidato liberal a las elecciones, pero no fue elegido. Entre sus últimas obras cabe destacar <i>The Way We Live Now</i> (1875), una gran sátira del capitalismo. Murió en Londres en 1882.</p>
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I bought this book many years ago, started it and enjoyed it, then, yes, put it down until last year. And I'm glad I started at the beginning because there was no way I could have remembered the intricacies of the action and characters!Written by a contemporary of Charles Dickens, this book encompasses the time period a few years after the French Revolution and events that transpired in the "Vendee" region of Poitou and Brittany. They were monarchists who rallied against the Republicans and won several battles for their King. While they ultimately did not succeed in their aims to restore the Monarchy, this region retains a streak of independence.And unlike his contemporary, Trollope chooses many different types of women characters, with different stories and mannerisms. They are not shrinking or teary-eyed or weeping over their menfolk. Rather, they are mothers and fierce lovers and independently choosing who will be their suitor. And the men characters are also other than "tropes" who fit neatly into a simplified storyline. The story is the richer for it.A note to readers of this edition: don't get too bogged down in the Introduction of this edition. While it is helpful, and you can reference it later, it's far too flowery of language and accented with commas and references to Trollope's life and works to be at all helpful to a casual reader.